Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability and the third leading cause of mortality in developed countries. Atrial fibrillation is a major risk factor for ischaemic stroke, associated with a five-fold increase in risk. ...

Stroke is a leading cause of adult disability and the third leading cause of mortality in developed countries. Atrial fibrillation is a major risk factor for ischaemic stroke, associated with a five-fold increase in risk. ...

The Web has shifted from a read-only medium where most users were solely consumers of information, to an interactive medium where collaborative technologies allow anyone to publish or edit content. In this environment, ...

This study presents an experimental and modelling investigation of the ignition of hydrogen and natural gas mixtures. These mixtures were chosen due to their relevancy to the gas turbine industry.
A detailed chemical ...

This thesis describes two significant research achievements. Part I describes the development of a novel System on Chip (SoC) hardware neural network simulator for diverse and biologically accurate neural network simulations. ...

In this thesis, we investigate group actions on certain families of pairwise combinatorial
designs, in particular Hadamard matrices and symmetric 2-(4t-1, 2t-1, t-1)
designs.
A Hadamard matrix H is called cocyclic if a ...

Chapter 1 provides a general introduction to Chapters 2-5. Homolytic aromatic substitution routes to alicyclic ring-fused azoles and diazoles is reviewed. A review of recent literature using the COMPARE program of the ...

Within experimental aesthetics it is often claimed that artists can exploit the normal activity of the perceptual system in order to achieve aesthetic effect. This thesis extends such a proposal by providing evidence to ...

This study set out to develop a theoretical understanding of staff's psychosocial intervention use with residents with dementia in long-stay care. This study applied classic grounded theory procedures. Data was collected ...

The Irish are an integral element of the Venerable Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum as missionaries, teachers, and as Christian models. The Columban mission to Northumbria, in particular, was essential to the ...

This doctoral research addresses the question: How may sculpture be generated as a result of a reciprocal relationship with the natural environment? Through an integrated theoretical and practical framework, the sculptures ...

This thesis is an examination of kinaesthetic play from the lived experience of the player. The aim of this work is to show that the value of play runs much deeper than its applications and that play should be understood ...

In The Uses of Argument (1958), Stephen E. Toulmin produced a model, analogous to procedures in jurisprudence, for the layout of arguments. He was seeking to provide a method of accommodating arguments in a wide range of ...

The overall research question this thesis will address is; How does Work-Life Balance Policy and Practice Affect Nurses Work-Life Balance in Public Hospital Settings in Ireland? In order to do this, four sub-research ...

DNA in Eukaryotic cells is complexed with histone proteins to form chromatin. This mediates DNA packaging into the nucleus but also facilitates the regulation of all DNA-templated processes, including transcription, ...

Macroalgae are important primary producers and habitat forming organisms of the marine coastal zone. In response to different environmental parameters, the chemical composition of macroalage can change as an acclimation ...

This thesis focuses on studies of both enzymatic (EFC) and microbial (MFC) fuel cells. In the enzymatic fuel cell studies, interactions between enzymes, osmium based complexes and redox polymers are characterized ...